{"id":63398,"date":"2025-03-27T11:19:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T11:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=63398"},"modified":"2025-03-27T11:19:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T11:19:36","slug":"sadiq-umar-wins-laliga-goal-of-the-month-with-spectacular-back-heel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/27\/sadiq-umar-wins-laliga-goal-of-the-month-with-spectacular-back-heel\/","title":{"rendered":"Sadiq Umar Wins LaLiga Goal of the Month with Spectacular Back-Heel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigerian forward Sadiq Umar has clinched the LaLiga Goal of the Month award for his breathtaking back-heel strike against CA Osasuna, a goal that has been widely praised as one of the finest of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Valencia striker\u2019s moment of brilliance has not only earned him recognition but also boosted his team&#8217;s fight to escape relegation.<\/p>\n<p>Football analysts and fans have hailed the goal as a display of exceptional skill and creativity.<\/p>\n<p>Umar&#8217;s achievement comes at a crucial time as he continues to play a vital role for both club and country.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian international is expected to be a key figure in the Super Eagles squad as they push for qualification in the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Nigerian football fans have flooded social media with congratulatory messages, celebrating Umar&#8217;s milestone and his growing impact on the global stage.<\/p>\n<p>His recognition further cements Nigeria&#8217;s presence in top European football, with many expecting him to achieve even greater feats in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke Nigerian forward Sadiq Umar has clinched the LaLiga Goal of the Month award for his breathtaking back-heel strike against CA Osasuna, a goal that has been widely praised as one of the finest of the season. The Valencia striker\u2019s moment of brilliance has not only earned him recognition but also boosted his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":63399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-63398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63400,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63398\/revisions\/63400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}